Show Idaho Farmy uth 16 Condemned Condemn d to Hang GRANGEVILLE Idaho May 8 AP Clifford AP-Clifford Clifford Albert 16 described by his attorney as a menta mentally ly subnormal farm boy subject to terrible rages was condemned Wednesday to die on the gallows for fatally shooting Wesley Curtis 15 his Rocky Point schoolmate 1 n After deliberating four hours and 15 minutes Tuesday night a district district district dis dis- dis- dis court jury found was Guilty of murder in the first degree and he shall suffer death The verdict leaves Judge Miles S. S Johnson no other alternative when he pronounces sentence Friday Testimony brought out that confessed he waited on a hillside March 1 and shot Curtis several times because he was making trouble for me with the teacher Miss Norma the teacher testified was sullen and moody and a below-average below student stu stu- dent Glen Ailor Allor Grangeville mortician mortIcian mortician morti mortI- cian called to the witness stand by bythe bythe bythe the state recounted a conversation he said he heard between and deputy sheriffs waited on the hillside Ailor said he learned until Curtis came cameby cameby cameby by driving his fathers father's cows home shot him down then advanced advanced advanced ad ad- firing He reached him Ailor said and when standing over him asked if he was done for Curtis said he didn't know pulled his gun ck down wn on Curtis' Curtis head and shot Then he said Wesley quit groaning will be the youngest person ever executed by the state of Idaho should the penalty not be commuted Defense Attorney Bert Auger based his case on a plea that the punishment should fit the mental age of the culprit He called no witnesses Auger indicated he might appeal to the state supreme court or to the pardon board |